Chapter 205: Clan relatives

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Fang, Madam Zhang, Zhang Gen's family and others were escorting the New Year goods purchased by Cao Yong in Beijing and the Pingwang Mansion. The New Year gifts sent by Jueluo's family were here. They loaded seven or eight carriages. Even the commanders and soldiers guarding the city gate couldn't help but be moved and wanted to blackmail a sum of money and spend money. Later, they heard that it was the Cao family's convoy, so they retreated with regret.

In front of the weaving mansion, there was a joy. Cao Yuan patted his brother's shoulder with a smile and asked someone to remove the New Year gift from the car and put it into the warehouse. Cao Fang first asked the elder brother about his wife's safety, then asked the elder and grandma's, and then asked his father. He and Cao Yuan were brothers of his fellow brothers and the son of Cao Fu, the old housekeeper of the Cao family.

Because Cao Fu was old, he was a little deaf and dazzled in recent years. After asking Cao Yin and his wife for instructions, he asked his eldest son Cao Yuan to take over his job. This was also what he had agreed with Cao Yin and his wife in his early years. He also kept his eldest son with Cao Yin as a young man, just to be a housekeeper in the future.

Because Cao Fang was the second brother, he was different from his brother and did not work with Cao Yin. When Cao Yong was in school in the early years, he followed him as a leader, and later he was punished for being kidnapped by Cao Yong. Later, when Cao Yong opened Linxiazhai, he brought him up to do business. After Linxiazhai was closed, Cao Yin was sent to manage the tea garden by Cao Yin because of his ease. It was the pearl on Taihu Lake, which was also under the jurisdiction of Cao Fang a few years ago.

Cao Yong was originally looking at Chu Yu's new clothes in the room. Although the needlework was a little troublesome, when measuring the clothes, Cao Yong specifically told him to wear Chu Yu's clothes first. Therefore, although it was only ten days ago, the three sets of clothes inside had been sewn.

Chu Yu has not used Cao Yong's advice these days, so she changed the shoes at the bottom of the flower pot. Otherwise, she was already tall and was wearing shoes several inches, which was half a head taller than Li, who was slightly petite, and she would have felt uncomfortable.

Cao Yong sat on the chair, sipped tea and looked at Chu Yu. After the experience of his young wife for more than ten days, Chu Yu's temperament was different. Now, he has a bun on his head and only two prunes with prunes and green flowers inlaid with pearls and stones. It is both joyful and not fancy, and looks very cute.

Although the legitimate mother, biological mother, and concubine mother are not young, after all, due to the restrictions of the ancestors' national laws, they always look different when they get along. Now, following Li, learning to manage family affairs, and listening to some interesting stories about Cao Yong when he was a child, Chu Yu became more and more like a little woman. Whenever he looked at Cao Yong, he smiled, as if he was ridiculing his naughty childhood. Cao Yong felt itchy in his heart. He really wanted to "punish" and "punish" her well.

Chu Yu fiddled with his clothes, and when he looked up, he looked at Cao Yong with a smile, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and said with a little blame: "Mr., look, how come it is all Chu Yu? If his father and mother know, it would be like Chu Yu wasting his extravagant!"

Cao Yong put on the teacup and smiled and said, "My mother has seen this list of clothes. Mine has more than yours! You have forgotten it, you have set six sets, but I have eight sets! Even when my mother saw it, she complained that I shouldn't neglect you and asked me to make more sets. If I hadn't said I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to make it before the fifteenth, and I was afraid that my mother would add a few more sets to you!"

When Chu Yu heard this, he felt relieved. He looked at three new sets of clothes, gestured twice on his body, and was filled with joy: "When he was in the capital, he saw Sister Zijing wearing these, and he felt very beautiful. When he came to the south, his mother's clothes looked noble and generous, not inferior to the flag dress at all!" He said this, and turned his head and asked, "Does my sister and her third sister also wear such clothes when they were at home?"

Cao Yong thought for a while and replied, "It seems that there are all. When I went out to see the guests, I still wore more flag clothes!"

Chu Yu put down his new clothes and remembered something. Seeing that there was no one in the room, he walked to Cao Yong and sat down. He asked with a slight confusion and curiosity, "Mr., when you were in the capital, you heard that you were a illegitimate sister. Because my mother left early, she was brought over by her mother to raise her! Why, these days, I accidentally heard from the head of the man mentioned it, but said that the third sister was from my uncle's cousin's family and the daughter adopted by my mother?"

Cao Yong was stunned when he heard this. He wondered why Chu Yu thought of this. He wondered if the servants were gossiping. When he talked about Cao Yi's right and wrong, he was a little annoyed and frowned and asked, "Who mentioned it? Do you remember which one?"

Chu Yu married Cao Yong for a year. He knew that he was most impatient with the troubles of the people in his family, so he regretted his words. But he didn't want him to take his anger on others, so he still said with a thick scalp: "This is Chu Yu's fault, it was not mentioned on purpose. It was when his son passed by the empty house behind his mother's yard. Chu Yu asked more questions and realized that it was the place where his brother-in-law was gone. After talking, they said... He also said that his brother-in-law's illness was touching his third sister..." She spoke softer and began to regret why he wanted to talk about this.

Cao Yong saw her uneasy and reached out to hold her little hand in his hand: "There is nothing to hide from you about family matters, but this is the knot of his father and mother. Just know it, don't mention it in front of them!"

Chu Yu was originally afraid that Cao Yong would be upset, so he nodded quickly and responded.

Cao Yong briefly told her about Cao Shun, and then said, "If they chew these right and wrong in front of you in the future, you can also come up with the big grandma's recipe to give them some memory!"

Because he was afraid that Chu Yu would misunderstand Cao Yi, he couldn't help but add another sentence: "Shun'er's affairs is just an accident, I can't blame the third sister! If this is the origin of this, it's mine, it's not mine. That puppy was exchanged for!" As he said that, his voice was filled with loneliness.

He thought of Cao Yin and himself from the death of Cao Shun. He had imagined several times that if Cao Yi had not sent him to the puppy, would Cao Shun die later? He just thought about it, but there was no answer.

Chu Yu also had several younger brothers and sisters in the royal palace, but after all, they had separated from their mothers and had many brothers and sisters, and their relationship was just average. But even that, they would inevitably be sad. Cao Yong had only this little brother of the same father, and his death was led to him. How sad should he feel?

Chu Yu was sad and blamed when he saw Cao Yong like this. Why did he sound like these things that were wrong? He even came to Cao Yong to mention them, which made him sad.

After Cao Yong finished speaking, he woke up and shook his head, patted Chu Yu's hand and said, "Look at me, the more I talk, the less I am going to say it! The third sister is indeed the blood of our Cao family. She was met by her father and mother a few years ago. Because she took care of the second aunt... Well... the second uncle was not convenient to recognize her. Her grandmother was still there at that time. My father and mother were afraid that they would make her angry, so she took her third sister in our room to raise her!"

Although Wuxin concealed it for Zhaojia, he was Cao Song's mother after all. Cao Yong was unwilling to say too much about her, so he briefly explained a few words.

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The biological mother died early, and the legitimate mother refused to admit it. If it weren't for the eldest son's house, the third lady would not know what the outcome would be. Chu Yu thought of Cao Yi, and felt very sympathetic, and understood that Cao Yong had said something that he was worried about this sister.

Chu Yu was about to say a few words like "The third sister is so lucky" and "The Jueluo family is a good family" to comfort Cao Yong, but when he heard Zhuer report at the door: "Uncle, the servants of the second door have just passed the message, saying that the butler asked the uncle to come over, saying that the New Year gift in Beijing has arrived!"

Cao Yong was also a little happy when he heard this. Originally, he and Wei Hei were still thinking about these cars of things, afraid that there would be thieves on the road, and whether the things were valuable was secondary. The key was that it would be best for people to arrive safely.

Cao Yong stood up and smiled and said to Chu Yu: "Go to your mother's side and say, "You have sisters and third sisters in there to respect you! If your mother is free, come and take a look, see if there are any rare things you like, and pick them out first!"

Chu Yuhuan responded happily and went out with Cao Yong. She watched him go to the second gate and then took Xiyun and Xicai to Kaiyang Courtyard.

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Cao family, Xifu.

Zhao Jia also received the letter. She knew that the New Year ceremony in Beijing had arrived, so she couldn't sit still, but she was not good at it, making her look shallow and unaware. She held a hand stove in her hand and walked around the ground, sending someone to the gate to see when Cao Quan would be back.

Cao Quan had no tacit understanding with her, because it was late in the year, and the yamen was about to seal it, so Cao Quan went to drink with several subordinates and came back only after dark.

Zhao Jia waited for a long time before she returned to Cao Quan, who was drunk all over. How could she not be angry? Because she was treated by Cao Quan this year, it was not easy to give him shameless in front of the maid.

It was not until Cao Quan drank the sober soup, changed his clothes and washed his feet and went to the kang that Zhao Jia sent all the maids down, sat by the kang and complained to Cao Quan: "Why did you come back so late? Didn't I ask someone to send you a letter? The New Year gift in Beijing has arrived!"

Cao Quan's head was heavy and he squinted his eyes and said, "You'll arrive when you arrive. This is available every year. What's so strange about it!"

Zhao Jia couldn't help but stretch out her finger and nodded Cao Quan's head vigorously: "Master, I'm saying you are really confused or fake! This year's New Year gifts are worth seven or eight cars, which can be compared in previous years? You don't say you can come back and see, I'm not a good thing. Now that I've all entered the warehouse, can I still have good things to share with us?" Speaking of this, I couldn't help but say "tsk tsk" again: "Not only in Beijing, but the New Year gifts sent by various families in Jiangning City will be rich this year as in previous years!"

Although I heard the joy in Zhaojia's words, Cao Quan couldn't help but remind her: "Because my eldest nephew is back, he is the princess and the Taoist pedestal that has just been released. This is all for him. I'm afraid that this year's ceremony will also be called to honor him!"

After hearing this, Zhao Jia bit her lip: "This is the case with the local gentry, what about the ceremony from the capital?"

"Of course, it is also for the sake of my nephew's face. I'm afraid that all the royal palaces will come with gifts. In addition, Prince Ping and the third girl respect their elder brother and sister-in-law, even if they are seven or eight cars, they are nothing!" Cao Quan couldn't say anything when he thought of the daughter who had no recognition.

When Zhao Jia heard this, she had nothing to do with her. She couldn't help but feel pain and said with a face: "How come you can earn any dignity? You have been with your uncle for many years, and you are still at the fifth rank. Fortunately, you have a uncle's title, and you don't have to bow to the governor even when facing the governor. But you only have a fifth rank Yunqiwei, who is not as good as the uncle, and you can't even get your nephew! They are all the sons of the old lady, and the rewards of the Long Live Master are much worse! The uncle is the same. He is only that son, and he will attack his title sooner or later, why don't you think about pulling your brother?"

Cao Quan knew that his wife had always been a little greedy and stingy, so he didn't care about her nagging, but the more she said, the more she became, the less reliable she was. Even the emperor and the elder brother complained, but he was a little unhappy. He coughed twice and said, "I'm tired, please place it soon!"

Zhao Jia was holding her heart out of her heart, and she was not sleepy. The more she thought about her son’s failure in the martial arts exam, she felt something was wrong, and she pushed Cao Quan and said, “Master, are we too real? Although Cao Yong is not a big man, she is like a little adult on weekdays, thinking that she is very sensible! We Song'er study hard and study hard. He urged to take the martial arts exam. Not to mention his studies, he didn’t even earn a fame! Also, it was Song'er’s case that he took over the people in the room. His brother acted like a gentleman and let his brothers make trouble. Which family’s reason is this?”

Cao Quan listened to his wife's words becoming more and more unbearable, and suddenly sat up from the bed: "Shut up! What's this? What's your beloved son worth calculating? Tell me!"

Zhao Jia was frightened by Cao Quan, patted her chest, relieved her breath, and murmured: "These brothers are all incredible. Don't they seem to be able to do it more and more?"

After hearing this, Cao Quan laughed furiously: "You are not stupid yet, you know that Yong'er has the ability! OK, this brother has bad intentions with his younger brother! Okay, okay, since you said this, we won't bother others, and don't think about getting the best of the big house in the future!"

Zhao Jia was just angry that Cao Yong had too much success than Cao Song, so he couldn't help but nag a few times. Hearing her husband said this, he knew that she was wrong. Her father died of illness a few years ago, and his uncle retreated from the position of Shangshu. Although there were still a few brothers and cousins ​​in her family, it was far away. Cao Yong had a prince's brother-in-law, a prince and father-in-law, and Cao Song's cousin, which was not much closer than the relatives of Zhao Jia's side. Thinking of this, she couldn't speak in regret.

Although Cao Quan was too lazy to pay attention to her, he couldn't help but warn seriously for the future of his sons: "Xiang'er was not born by you, let's not talk about him, but Song'er and the three brothers, all of them came out of your belly. My elder brother and I are old, and their future will fall on their cousin in the future. If you speak and act in the future, you must first think about your sons. If you don't point to this nephew, then everything will be at will, otherwise you have to think about it!"

Zhao Jia thought about it for a while and wanted to defend Cao Quan, but she couldn't say a word. When she was thinking about whether Chuyi would accompany her sister-in-law and the princess and niece-in-law to burn incense and plan to discuss with Cao Quan, Cao Quan was already snoring.

Zhao Jia was lying on the bed, still unable to close her eyes. Thinking about the afternoon wet nurse Mama Zhang talking about the decentness of the Earl's Mansion in Beijing, she couldn't help but envy and jealous of Li. In the early years, she wanted to promise him to Cao Yin, and she knew a little. When she heard that she was her second wife, she felt wronged and cried with her mother Ama. Later, she somehow left it alone and said to Cao Quan.

Whether it is appearance or behavior, Zhaojia really has no contempt for Li's sister-in-law. However, it was because there was an old lady in her early years, so she was not easy to be arrogant and had to respect her. After the old lady left, Li became the mother of the concubine again and could not be offended.

Zhao Jia sighed in her heart and touched her stomach. If she hadn't made trouble at the beginning, would it be her daughter who would be the concubine and her son marry the princess? No one can tell the question.

Because she was worried, Zhao Jia was indeed more appropriate in her words and actions. She was very respectful to Li, and she looked like an elder to Cao Yong and Chu Yu. She was afraid that because she left a bad impression in front of her nephew and nephew, she would affect her sons' future. She was also very close to her concubine's son Cao Xiang and her concubine's daughter Wu Er, and they were all decent and decent, and took them to the East Mansion for the New Year.

Because it was the New Year, burning incense and worshiping ancestors was inevitable. Many relatives inside and outside Jiangning City also came. Although Cao Yong and Chu Yu were young, they were of great seniority, and they had nephews and grandchildren, and they were also expendable a lot of red envelopes and New Year’s money.

Some well-informed people knew that Cao Yong would go north to work as a Taoist platform after the New Year, so they went to Cao Yin to plead with him, wanting to have an errand with him.
Chapter completed!